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hypothalamic

hypothalamic

1 8.6
Connected to a small part of the brain at the base that controls hunger, thirst, body temperature and hormones
  • adjective
  • /ˌhaɪpəˈθæləmɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hipotalámico
  • The hypothalamic region plays a key role in regulating body temperature and hunger.
  • hypothalamic-pituitary
  • hypothalamic nucleus

So this is both of these systems are within the grasp of the circadian system through hypothalamic circuits.

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Examples

  • We know that brain stem structures are extremely important for that, that probably hypothalamic structures are important.

  • Cow's milk, for instance, contains estrogen, progesterone, prolactin, melatonin, oxytocin, and 50+ other hormones, including gastrointestinal peptides and hypothalamic hormones.

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  • Before that, there's no differences that have been seen in hypothalamic areas.

  • Hence, this individual's hypothalamic characteristics were midway between male and female values.

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  • The most direct way of influencing hypothalamic function is to have as few synapses in your projection as possible.

  • Hypothalamic failure can be congenital, such as in Kallmann's syndrome.

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  • In contrast to the SAH group, no patients in the control group had evidence of hypothalamic hemorrhage or infarction.

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  • Other medical interventions recommended by NICE for women with hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction include metformin and gonadotrophins.

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  • Vasopressin has long been suspected to play a role in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system (McCann, 1957; Miller and Yueh-Chien, 1974).

    Academic text (1990)
  • However, if the fat cells have a broken clock, such as the deletion of the Arntl/Bmal1 gene seen in the mutant mice, then the hypothalamic rhythm is thrown off, leading to eating at the wrong time of the day, which in turn derails normal fat metabolism and leads to storage rather than burning of fat.

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Compounds

cortico-hypothalamic
  • Specialized
9.9

Relating to connections between the brain's cortex and hypothalamus

A chemical made in the hypothalamus that tells the pituitary gland to release other hormones

A chemical made in the brain that tells the pituitary gland to release specific hormones

Surface Forms

hypothalamic positive

Morphology

hypothalamic = hypothalamus (transparent) = hypothalamus + ic

The adjective 'hypothalamic' is transparently derived from 'hypothalamus' with the suffix '-ic' indicating 'relating to'.

Etymology

Hypothalamic comes from the parts hypo- meaning 'under' and thalamus meaning 'inner chamber' of the brain. So hypothalamic describes the area 'under the thalamus' that controls hunger, thirst, body temperature and hormones.